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Week Six:

• Babel homework (posted on your blog, will need to be printed and included in your Portfolio for Unit 2): "What semiotic elements can you draw out of this film to use in constructing an argument about its meaning(s)?"

school violence

"I woke up this morning feeling a little overwhelmed; all over the 20′th floor of Kennedy where I live, there were posters posted saying “All morning classes are canceled due to an explosive device found in Herter Hall.” I don’t yet know the result of this except for the fact that we were able to go to classes starting at 11:00 am. At 11:00, I went to work at the Student Union Billiards room. My boss was running late because of traffic because nobody was permitted on campus until 11:00, when the explosive device situation was figured out. So I waited about 40 minutes, sitting on the floor outside of the billiards room for him to unlock the doors. Talk about annoying." My Day in a Sentence ~ yepp0628

"My day has been uneventful thus far. Apparently, this morning held an entirely odd and somewhat scary event in one of the academic buildings on campus as there was a bomb scare. Some whack job decided to call in a bomb threat. Campus police dealt with the threat accordingly and the responsiveness of the police makes me feel a whole lot safer. By the by, this all happened ridiculously early in the morning so I completely missed out on the early morning emails and learned about this event after the fact as I WAS SLEEPING! Unrelated side note: The Sox killed last night. It was awesome." My Day in a Sentence plus a Whole Bunch of Other Sentences about my Sentence by redbeardthewriter

"Today, I feel miserable even though I got extra sleep from the bomb threat. I have been stressing out about this paper on art objects, I really do not know how to fix it. I summarized too much and I haven’t been able to work on the paper because I just had a biology exam last night which I think I did poorly on. I’m still tired even though I got to sleep in a little longer, instead of waking up at seven I got to sleep until eleven. Also I got my grade back on my introduction paper, and I’m unsatisfied." One Sentence ~ e388

"I feel like shit. I have not slept for the past two days in order to prepare for midterms. I was up till three o’clock this morning studying for my psychology exam. Then I got woken up at seven this morning to my mothers anxious voice asking if I was alright. Apparently a “suspicious package” was found on campus, thus forcing the bomb-squad to show up. The campus was closed off till eleven o’clock and I had my exam at eleven fifteen. Once I got back from my exam I rushed to try to finish my English assignments…my day has been utterly chaotic and unproductive." ~ My Day in a Sentence by pinkpanther 89

"I awoke, reveling in the fact that my TA cancelled my 8AM Muisic Lit. discussion—then I heard that there was a bomb threat and class was cancelled until 11. Great, until I realized that I had a piano test at 2:15 and I needed my 10:10 practice room time to ensure that I wouldn’t fail. Of course, that never happened. I missed the test! I don’t know how, but I did. And I made it purposely right before another class, which I was almost late to, but that’s ok." ~ "I'm in a nutshell! I'm in a nutshell! - Austin Powers by treschouette

"My day is not as good as I thought.I worked on my essay until four a.m and I woke up at 1pm today.I’m too lazy to go to class and when my roommate told me that there is a bomb in the fine art center.I was so worried about that but on the other hand, I believed the quantity of UMASS police.Anyways, that was a fresh experience to me because the bomb is not far away from my dorm.(My life is full of challenge)" ~ My Day in a Sentence by pylee

"I am having a really bad day today. My doctor called me today and told me that I most likely have mono and that I have to come this weekend. Then, I came to english class and recieved my first C ever… which is so not cool. Plus, I woke up today to a bomb threat on campus and my roomate was not there. I am sick and I obviously need to work a million times harder to do better in life." ~ My Day by redsoxfan218

"So far my day isn’t going good at all. It is one of the worst days I’ve had this week. I was woken up at 8:30 this morning by my RA because apparently there was a bomb threat on campus. Then, I was late to class and didn’t even get to do my hair! In class I got a grade back from the personal essay I wrote on a peer. I did my best on this paper and was very proud of it. Unfortunatly I don’t know what I’m talking about because I got a “C”. I also feel super stressed out because I have been sick and am way behind in all my classes." ~ My Day in a Sentence by ajch

"I woke up at 8am to a phone call from my friend telling me we didn’t have class, due to a bomb threat in Herter Hall…Bomb threat!? Herter Hall!! So many things ran through my mind. I was confused, scared, and nervous. I didn’t know whether it could of been a prank by some Red Sox fan not wanting to have class because of the wipe-out game they won last night or was it serious? After finding out that the university was going on as a regular day after 11am, I became more calm, even though I have a class in Herter Hall this evening. Since I fell back asleep after the phone call, I woke up late and had to rush..." ~ My Day in a Sentence by apple23